jackpotsoft said
If the commission was on recurring purchases , I would have got so much out of it.

If the commission was on recurring purchases, Envato would have got so much less out of it.

What I’m trying to say is.. refering someone hardly takes any effort. You’ve got to advertise, you build up a site or a blog, or perhaps participate in the Adsense programs, but still, once it’s set up, refered members come in with little effort. But now on top of that, you’d like to add another dimension of making money by saying every future deposit of the refered member should earn you money as well? Takes it too far, mate.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all up for earning more money, but I don’t think this is the fair way to go.

jackpotsoft said
If the commission was on recurring purchases , I would have got so much out of it.

If the commission was on recurring purchases, Envato would have got so much less out of it.

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Don’t get me wrong, I’m all up for earning more money, but I don’t think this is the fair way to go.

It would be very fair actually – they only need to cut down the % you get for each referral
Even if it’s a much smaller % (i.e. smth like 2%), it would be much more motivating for an affiliate when he sees more deposits.

Or at least keep the system as is, removing that stupid rule that says you get nothing if a user has previously visited any of the Envato marketplaces...

Last, but not least, I wouldn’t say it’s easy to refer people – this referral business is saturated with tons of sites doing it and you have to really add value in some way, to stand out…

P.S.: not that I have lots of signups (or clicks for that matter), but: